This so tracks with my experience of buses in NYC. They are the worst-ever option because they are so slow that they become de-facto unusable. In London, middle class people use the bus as a normal option, in NYC, only people on low incomes (like me as a student) ever use them and it's a downward spiral.

completely correct and so glad to see an article making this point. But, I do think the sculptures look better in ahistoric white. As an artist who has worked both with polychromy in sculpture and with really simple patinas, it's immediately obvious that a complex paint job covers a multitude of sins and distracts from the form of the sculpture, whereas a simple colour, esp white on which shadows appear so easily, shows off the sculptor's skill. Also, sculptures without painted eyes can't follow you around the room, which is a huge improvement.